Chapter 344 (1/2)

Slipping In

Shao Xuan hid in the wine cellar for four days. He’d learned a lot from the three slaves during these days too. These three worked here the palace and held a little bit power, naturally they knew more than lower-ranked slaves.

Soon after their return from Beast Battle City, Snow Plains declared war against Flame Mound. The slaves sent to hunt down tribesmen were assigned to return to participate in the war but they still lost most of the battles. There was one where they almost won but Rock Hill City interfered and turned the tables-- Snow Plains lost once again.

Within about twenty days, the population of Snow Plains had decreased by a third. This was merely an estimate, the specific number could be higher. However, the slaves’ lives were not lives to the slave masters. So what if there are fewer of them? They could always get more. The most important thing right now was to gain the upper hand.

“I heard they still can’t find the thing the lord lost,” said a slave, lowering his voice.

“Apparently someone from Flame Mound stole it. Rock Hill City was probably involved too.”

“Sigh, when will the war stop?! I don’t want to fight,” lamented the other slave who hadn’t spoken.

If the current situation continued, these three would be sent for war too. The conditions had worsened, the repeated losses had greatly embarrassed the Snow Plains Lord and his fury only increased as the days passed. No one knew how many slaves died as collateral damage due to his rage, everyone could see slaves carried horizontally out of the palace.

At this moment, someone was approaching from the outside.

The three slave’s expressions hardened, terrified it was a message instructing them to go for war. However, after going outside for a moment, they returned with lighter hearts.

“It was just a wine delivery, I was so scared…”

“We’ll just deliver the rest of the wine to the palace tomorrow. No, I have to drink some today. We won’t have any after we deliver them, I don’t know when’s the next time we’ll get to have some again.”

The messenger had instructed them to bring the rest of the wine into the palace, the lord wanted to reward the palace guards with wine.

“It must be great being a palace guard, I heard they get to eat and drink the good stuff.”

“That’s great but many of them were killed recently too.” There were also many guards who were killed because they angered the lord recently. The guard’s slaves were also wary of this. This time, the reason why Snow Plains Lord wanted the rest of the wine delivered was to calm these guards down.

The three slaves drank as they talked while Shao Xuan fell into deep thought. He had been waiting for an opportunity to roll around, this was the moment to make an attempt. He didn’t know when the next opportunity would come.

After filling up the crates, the three slaves went to bed. Shao Xuan waited until they fell asleep then put something in their rooms so they would fall into a deeper sleep. Thank goodness he’d prepared many different kinds of desert plants to slip into Snow Plains City.

The three slaves were sound asleep, oblivious to movements around them. Shao Xuan took out some of the alcohol in the crates then cut a wooden board in the cellar into a suitable size. He tested it by placing in the crate and decided it was good.

Placing the bottle’s he’d taken out on the wooden board, he first stepped into the crate, then lifted the board with the bottles slowly. This was nothing to him, a lot lighter than the boulders he used to lift.

He slowly lied flat in the crate. With his hands and feet, he carefully placed the board and bottles on top.